The medical director of the Texas Medical Board has retired, less than two weeks after conservative lawmakers publicized his employment with a Planned Parenthood laboratory.

Just a few hours into the new year, a driver plowed a rented truck into a New Orleans street full of people. Investigators ...

Dallas, revived his proposal for a Medicaid expansion program in case state or federal Republican leaders change their minds.

Vermont is the most expensive state for health care, while Hawaii is the most affordable. Six of the 10 most expensive states for health care are in the South: Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, ...

Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks have stirred controversy for past comments and allegations of malfeasance.

Readers respond to surging infant abandonment in Texas. Regarding the Dec. 29 front-page article “ A spate of abandoned ...

Just one fly can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and is drawn "to the odor of a wound or natural opening on a live, warm-blooded ...

The 89th Texas legislative session kicks off next Tuesday. Thousands of bills will be filed, including some centered-on state ...

Norovirus can survive quite well on surfaces, bathroom fixtures, countertops, doorknobs and any other items commonly touched.

More than 2,800 Texans are getting abortion pills through the mail from out-of-state every month, prompting a lawsuit and ...

The Texas branch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is grappling with a $7 million funding shortfall that threatens its ability to handle a growing number of mental health emergencies.

There are concerns New World screwworm flies, which can be dangerous to humans, could cross into southern Texas.